1 Inside this issue Editorial ............................. 1 Chair’s Report ................... 2 Upcoming PPG Events ....... 3 Conference Reports 4 & 6-7 Technical Report ............... 5 Feature Arcle .................. 8 Events 2018/19 ................. 9 Further Informaon……….10 Editorial Welcome to the summer 2018 edion of the RSC Photophysics and Photochemistry Group newsleer. This issue sees some changes, none more noceable than our new group name! We would like to thank the membership and the RSC for supporng this change, which we believe more accurately reflects the current and future acvies of the group . We would like to welcome Dr Catherine de Castro (Swansea) and Dr Olof Johansson (Edinburgh) to the commiee as our Early Career Representaves. Both recruits have thrown themselves into commiee acvies, with Catherine co-organising the next Early Career member meeng and Olof co-organising our symposium at the 2019 Faraday Joint Interest Group Conference. We are glad to have you both on board. 2018 has already been an acve year for the Group. We sponsored a symposium at the 27 th IUPAC Internaonal Symposium on Photochemistry, held in Dublin in July and the Ultrafast Chemical Physics in Scotland meeng in March. Full meeng reports can be found in this newsleer, along with a list of upcoming events in 2018/2019 of relevance to the Photochemistry and Photophysics scienfic communies. Our next event is the Early Career Member meeng, which will be held at Swansea University on 20 th -21 st September 2018. The call for abstracts is now open and the registraon deadline is 4 th September. Please see the website for further details: www.rsc.org/events/detail/33561/rsc-photochemistry-group- early-career-members-meeng The Group is connually looking to expand and diversify its porolio of acvies. As part of this iniave, we are delighted to share a new segment of our newsleer, which aims to highlight opportunies for photophysics and photochemistry experiments in the undergraduate laboratory. Our first Feature Arcle comes from Dr Michael Seery at the University of Edinburgh and looks at the flash photolysis of azobenzenes. We are looking for contributors for our next issue, so please get in touch! Finally, membership of the RSC Photophysics and Photochemistry Group is free to all members of the RSC. If you are reading this newsleer, then you are probably already a member, but we would greatly appreciate your help in spreading the word so we can grow our membership. So if you have a colleague, student or friend that you think may be interested in our work, please do ask them to consider signing up to become a member . Thank you to all who have contributed an item to this issue of the newsleer. Rachel Evans and Robert Edkins RSC Photophysics and Photochemistry Group Newsleer Summer 2018 August 2018 Newsleer contribuons If you would like to contribute to forthcoming newsleers (events for the calendar, conference reports, or suggesons for features), please contact the Group’s Secretary Bob Edkins by email: [email protected]
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Inside this issue
Editorial ............................. 1
Chair’s Report ................... 2
Upcoming PPG Events ....... 3
Conference Reports 4 & 6-7
Technical Report ............... 5
Feature Article .................. 8
Events 2018/19 ................. 9
Further Information……….10
Editorial
Welcome to the summer 2018 edition of the RSC Photophysics and
Photochemistry Group newsletter. This issue sees some changes, none more
noticeable than our new group name! We would like to thank the membership
and the RSC for supporting this change, which we believe more accurately
reflects the current and future activities of the group .
We would like to welcome Dr Catherine de Castro (Swansea) and Dr Olof
Johansson (Edinburgh) to the committee as our Early Career Representatives.
Both recruits have thrown themselves into committee activities, with Catherine
co-organising the next Early Career member meeting and Olof co-organising
our symposium at the 2019 Faraday Joint Interest Group Conference. We are
glad to have you both on board.
2018 has already been an active year for the Group. We sponsored a
symposium at the 27th IUPAC International Symposium on Photochemistry,
held in Dublin in July and the Ultrafast Chemical Physics in Scotland meeting in
March. Full meeting reports can be found in this newsletter, along with a list of
upcoming events in 2018/2019 of relevance to the Photochemistry and
Photophysics scientific communities.
Our next event is the Early Career Member meeting, which will be held at
Swansea University on 20th-21st September 2018. The call for abstracts is now
open and the registration deadline is 4th September. Please see the website for
further details: www.rsc.org/events/detail/33561/rsc-photochemistry-group-
early-career-members-meeting
The Group is continually looking to expand and diversify its portfolio of
activities. As part of this initiative, we are delighted to share a new segment of
our newsletter, which aims to highlight opportunities for photophysics and
photochemistry experiments in the undergraduate laboratory. Our first Feature
Article comes from Dr Michael Seery at the University of Edinburgh and looks at
the flash photolysis of azobenzenes. We are looking for contributors for our
next issue, so please get in touch!
Finally, membership of the RSC Photophysics and Photochemistry Group is free
to all members of the RSC. If you are reading this newsletter, then you are
probably already a member, but we would greatly appreciate your help in
spreading the word so we can grow our membership. So if you have a
colleague, student or friend that you think may be interested in our work,
please do ask them to consider signing up to become a member .
Thank you to all who have contributed an item to this issue of the newsletter.
The first year of my term as Chair of the RSC Photochemistry Group has
flown by, in part due to the many activities and changes that the group has
undertaken during this period. A key priority this year was to change the
name of the group so that it more accurately reflected the diversity and
breadth of topics that fall under our remit. Following consultation with our
members, the committee formally proposed to the RSC that we should
become the Photophysics and Photochemistry Group (PPG). I am delighted
to announce that this change has now been approved by the Member
Networks Committee and Membership and Qualifications Board. I would like
to thank our membership for supporting this change, which we believe is a
critical first step in helping us to diversify our activities and grow our
membership.
The recent growth in our committee size has also helped us to expand the
number of events that we are able to run. Following demand from our
members, our biennial Early Career Members symposium will now be run
annually, with the next edition being held in Swansea in September 2018, co
-organised by one of our new Early Career Representatives, Dr Catherine de
Castro, along with our Secretary, Dr Robert Edkins. I would like to take the
opportunity at this point to congratulate Robert on his recent appointment
as a Chancellor's Fellow at The University of Strathclyde. Well done and
good luck, Bob!
Looking forward to 2019, we are excited to announce that we will be
organising a joint meeting with the Gruppo Italiano di Fotochimica, our
counterparts in Italy, in Lipari on the Eolian islands on the 24th-26th June
2019. Be sure to save the date! We will also be participating in the second
RSC Faraday Joint Interest Group Conference.
Due to committee retirements, we will shortly be announcing a call for
Expressions of Interest to join the committee. We are particularly keen to
attract an industry representative, but welcome applications from anyone
who is passionate about photophysics/photochemistry and is willing to get
actively involved. We look forward to hearing from you!
Rachel Evans, University of Cambridge
Chair, RSC Photophysics and Photochemistry Group
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Upcoming RSC Photophysics and Photochemistry Group Events
Early Career Meeting
Register and submit your abstracts now. We are pleased to be organising another edition of our Early Career Members’ Meeting, this year at Swansea University, 20th-21st September 2018. We have an exciting and varied line up of invited speakers as well as presentation of the 2018 RSC Marlow Award. We hope you can join us and present your research. There are a number of small travel bursaries available for attendees delivering an oral or poster presentation. Deadlines: Registration 31st August, Poster abstracts 4th Sept.
Joint meeting of the RSC and Italian Photochemistry Groups
Save the date. We are pleased to announce that we will be joining with colleagues from the Italian Photochemistry Group for a meeting in 2019, the first of its kind. This exciting event will be held on the beautiful island of Lipari 24th-26th June 2019. One not to miss, we suggest! Further details will be communicated shortly.